FWIW, I went with a utility called dtSearch (dtSearch.com). Very fast.

>Hi again Frank,
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>A quick review of the links you provided led me to this 'quick' conclusion:
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>There is no BEST way. Metaphone, Dbl Metaphone, Improved Soundex and Levenshtein seem to beat ech other in some cases and lose miserably in others.
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>It looks like a combination is the only way to get closer to 100%. The quick tests I made caught new things but failed where Levenshtein had shone.
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>I'm particularly interested in testing the Levenshtein you pointed out against my version. Yours seems a lot simpler and neater. I'm wonder if it'll improve my speed.
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>Thanks a lot.
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>Henry